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Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Mauterndorf Quarry, Mauterndorf, Taurach Valley, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm
Description

Only 2 years ago a small discovery was made in a quarrey in Lungau area. Although the blue color reminds to fluorites from Weisseck - they are from a completely different locality in a completely different area of the county. The locality produced only a low number of pieces and not all show this spectacular color - material from this find should be ranked high for rarity; it will never come again. The particular specimen is developed as floater and looks great on each angle, photos were done under daylight. The specimen is completely etched and in person it shows much more amazing details. also the camera was not able to capture all these different steps and tones of blue and blue-green. No significant damages to report.

Mineral Data
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Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic